Jessica Carlson

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Carlson and Hayek while shooting Universal Studio's Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant in 2009

Jessica Carlson (born c. 1993) is an American actress from New York City, known for her role as Rebecca the monkey girl in the Universal's Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant .

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Career

Besides Cirque du Freak, Carlson has been in "Wonder of the World" and Blue Dress, The Life Before Her Eyes , Goyta, the Law & Order episode "Angelgrove", and The Big C episode "Blue-Eyed Iris". She played Laurie in an equity production of Brighton Beach Memoirs at the Emelin theater in Larchmont. Carlson also played Liesel Meminger in a "movie trailer" for the novel The Book Thief at the Teen Book Video Awards. [1]

For her role in Cirque du Freak, Carlson won Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film at the 2010 Young Artist Awards.

She attended Wesleyan University and The New School.

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References

  1. Maul, Kimberly (November 29, 2006). "Teen Book Video Awards Event Wrap-Up". Book Standard. Carlson, 13, said… This implies a birthday between 30 November 1992 and 28 November 1993.